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Directorate General of Foreign TradeThis Directorate is headed by the Director General of Foreign Trade and is responsible for execution of the Exim Policy announced by the Government from time to time for promotion of exports. In addition, it also looks after the work relating to issue of licences and monitoring of export obligations etc. The Directorate has its Headquarters at New Delhi and has 32 regional offices. These offices are at the following locations:-
2. Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS & D) It is the executive arm of the Supply Division of the Department of Commerce for conclusion of Rate Contracts for common user items, procurement of stores, inspection of stores, shipment and clearance. The Director General heads the Directorate.
3. Office of the Chief Controller of Accounts (CCA) The payment and accounting functions of the Supply Division, including those of DGS&D are performed by the CCA under the Departmentalized Accounting System. The Organisation is one of the largest in the country in so far as payment of suppliers’ bills are concerned.
4. Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Kolkata This Directorate is the primary Government agency for collection, compilation and publication of the foreign, inland and ancillary trade statistics and dissemination of various types of commercial information. The Directorate brings out a number of publications, particularly on trade statistics, which are utilised in framing economic policies, formulating trade agreements with foreign countries and monitoring these agreements. These publications are also used by the trading public and research scholars. It maintains a commercial library which is used by the exporters, importers, research scholars, Govt. and semi Govt. agencies, etc. Website: http://www.dgciskol.nic.in/
SEZs, set up as enclaves separated from domestic tariff areas by physical
barriers, are intended to provide a duty free environment for export promotion. Each Zone
is headed by a Development Commissioner. A scheme for setting up SEZs to promote export
was announced on 31st March, 2000. Units may be set up in SEZ for manufacture, trading,
re-conditioning, repair or for service activity. The units in the Zone have to be a net
foreign exchange earner but they shall not be subjected to any predetermined value
addition or minimum export performance requirements as in the case of EOUs. Sales in the
Domestic Tariff Area by the SEZ units shall be subject to positive foreign exchange
earning and on payment of full Custom Duty and import policy in force. The Government has
since converted all the existing Export Processing Zones located at Kandla and Surat
(Gujarat), Santa Cruz (Maharashtra), Cochin (Kerala), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Noida The Special Economic Zones are responsible for administration of the Export-Oriented units located within the zones.
6. Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property, Mumbai and branch office at Kolkata The enemy properties in India are being administered by the Custodian of Enemy Property for India, Mumbai, who is entrusted with the custody, management and administration of enemy properties arising out of Indo-Pak conflict of 1965 and 1971 in accordance with the provisions of the Enemy Property Act, 1968, as amended in 1977.The Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property is located at Mumbai with a Branch Office at Kolkata. As the enemy properties are scattered throughout the country, the work relating to their day to day preservation and management is being done through the Revenue Departments of various State Governments. Both movable and immovable properties of Pakistani Nationals are vested in the Custodian appointed by the Central Government under Section 3 of the Enemy Property (amendment) Act, 1968 as amended in 1977. Enemy Properties comprising both movable and immovable properties of Pakistani Nationals were valued at Rs. 29.40 crores in 1971 and are vested with the Custodian in the form of: (i) Land /Estates buildings, vested firms etc. scattered throughout the country, (ii) Securities, shares, debentures, etc., (iii) Bank balances, insurance premium etc., (iv) Provident fund balances, gratuity and cash balance. As per the provision of the Enemy Property Act, 1968 the Custodian of Enemy Property is authorised to levy fees equal to two percent on the gross income from the properties vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property for India. The Custodian is also entrusted with the work relating to settlement of claims for ex-gratia payments to Indian nationals / companies whose properties were seized by Pakistan during and after Indo-Pak conflict of 1965.
7. Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties The formal set up of DGAD came into existence in April 1998 in the Department of Commerce. It is responsible for carrying out investigations and to recommend, where required, under the Customs tariff Act, the amount of anti-dumping duty/ countervailing duty on the identified articles which would be adequate to remove injury to the domestic industry. The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties is headed by a Designated Authority of the level of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
The Pay and Accounts Office common to both the Department of Commerce and
Ministry of Textiles, is responsible for the payment of claims, accounting of transactions
and other related matters through the four Departmental Pay and Accounts Offices in Delhi,
two in Mumbai, two in Kolkata and one in Chennai. These departmental Pay and Accounts
offices are controlled by the Principal Accounts Office at Delhi with the Chief Controller
of Accounts as the Head of the Department of the Accounts Wing.
Address : Chief
Controller of Accounts Ministry of Commerce, Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Marg, NEW DELHI-110011.
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